It's bad enough where there's only 2 bins to deal with. you see the bins scattered outside peoples houses and you mentally think that it's ok because it's 'green'
having to see up to 9 bins and bags outside every home in every street will just look a right mess.
I don't recycle at all. and there's no way I'd want to store 9 bins on my property either in our outside of it.
if they weren't recycling bins that were obstructing and littering the footpaths, you'd have the council telling you to move it. but as it's the council doing it then it's not an obstruction or litter.
This is how recycling works.